Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher

René Descartes René Descartes ( , ; ; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and Modern science, science. Mathematics was paramou ...

—from his Latinized name ''Cartesius''. It may refer to:

Mathematics

Cartesian closed category In category theory, a Category (mathematics), category is Cartesian closed if, roughly speaking, any morphism defined on a product (category theory), product of two Object (category theory), objects can be naturally identified with a morphism defin ...

, a closed category in category theory *

Cartesian coordinate system In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane (geometry), plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point (geometry), point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the positive and negative number ...

, modern rectangular coordinate system * Cartesian diagram, a construction in category theory *Cartesian geometry, now more commonly called

analytic geometry In mathematics, analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts with synthetic geometry. Analytic geometry is used in physics and engineering, and als ...

* Cartesian morphism, formalisation of ''pull-back'' operation in category theory * Cartesian oval, a curve *

Cartesian product In mathematics, specifically set theory, the Cartesian product of two sets and , denoted , is the set of all ordered pairs where is an element of and is an element of . In terms of set-builder notation, that is A\times B = \. A table c ...

, a direct product of two sets *

Cartesian product of graphs In graph theory, the Cartesian product of graphs and is a graph such that: * the vertex set of is the Cartesian product ; and * two vertices and are adjacent in if and only if either ** and is adjacent to in , or ** and is adjace ...

, a binary operation on graphs * Cartesian tree, a binary tree in computer science

Philosophy

* Cartesian anxiety, a hope that studying the world will give us unchangeable knowledge of ourselves and the world * Cartesian circle, a potential mistake in reasoning *

Cartesian doubt Cartesian doubt is a form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes (March 31, 1596February 11, 1650). Cartesian doubt is also known as Cartesian skepticism, methodic doubt, methodological skeptic ...

, a form of methodical skepticism as a basis for philosophical rigor * Cartesian dualism, the philosophy of the distinction between mind and body ** Cartesianism, the philosophy of René Descartes ** Cartesianists, followers of Cartesianism *'' Cartesian Meditations'', a work by Edmund Husserl *'' Cartesian linguistics'', a work by Noam Chomsky * Cartesian theatre, a derisive view of Cartesian dualism coined by Daniel Dennett

Science

* Cartesian diver, a science experiment demonstrating buoyancy and the ideal gas law * Cartesian physics, attempts to explain gravity without a need for action at distance

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